CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Standard Communities, the affordable housing division of Standard Cos., has acquired Chesapeake Crossing, a 597-unit, mixed-income seniors housing community in Chesapeake. The property is located at 1921 Robert Hall Blvd., near the coast and the North Carolina border. Standard worked with NorthMarq in coordinating this transaction. The total capitalization was about $68 million, which includes renovation and other costs. The seller was not disclosed. Standard is rebranding the property as Starling Village and plans to invest $7.5 millions in renovations that include modernization upgrades to individual units, common areas, parking, leasing office and courtyards, as well as the fire and safety systems. Standard has acquired over 3,000 units in the Mid-Atlantic region, including approximately 1,500 in Virginia, according to Scott Alter, principal and co-founder of Standard Communities. The firm’s most recent acquisition in Virginia was The Commons at Princess Anne, a 186-unit seniors housing community in Virginia Beach.
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HANOVER, MD. — HLNP LLC has sold Last-Mile @ BWI, an industrial outdoor storage site located at 1200 Stoney Run Road in Hanover, for $21.1 million. The industrial-zoned land is 100 percent leased and was sold to NorthBridge Partners. Cris Abramson, Brian Kruger, Ben McCarty and Nicholas Signor of Newmark brokered the sale. Located directly adjacent to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), Last Mile @ BWI sits on 13.6 acres within Baltimore Commons Industrial Park, a 34-building campus spanning 4.1 million square feet. The site includes about nine acres of paved parking and storage and offers the potential to build Class A industrial product in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor.
FALLS CHURCH, VA. — Federal Realty Investment Trust will soon break ground on the redevelopment of Falls Plaza, a 144,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located at 1200 W Broad St. in Falls Church. The project will include façade renovation, new signage, landscaping, decorative lighting and multiple outdoor amenity areas. Federal Realty projects a completion date later this year, just ahead of the holiday shopping season. In addition to the renovation, the Fall Plaza shopping center will be renamed and rebranded to Birch & Broad. The new name and branding will represent the intersection of Birch and Broad streets located between the eastern and western portions of the shopping center. Along with the renovation, longtime anchor Giant Food will also undergo an interior remodel. In addition to Giant, Birch & Broad features a mix of retail, dining and services including Conte’s Bike Shop, CVS/pharmacy, Plaka Grill, Starbucks, Jersey Mike’s and Road Runner Sports.
OSPREY AND NOKOMIS, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $15.4 million sale of a three-property hotel portfolio in Florida. The assets include Bentley’s Boutique Hotel (88 rooms) and The Virage Hotel (54 rooms) in Osprey and On The Beach Casey Key Hotel (11 rooms) in Nokomis. David Greenberg, Gabriel Shamay and Christopher Passeggiata of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual based out of the United Kingdom, and procured the unnamed Florida-based buyer. The new ownership plans to renovate and reposition the three properties as independent resorts.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Bridgewood Property Co., a Houston-based developer of senior living properties, has acquired land at 3808 Cleghorn Ave. in Nashville for the development of a mid-rise, luxury retirement community. With guidance and input from zoning counsel; Tune, Entrekin & White PC; the Metropolitan Planning Department; and local neighborhood groups, the property received zoning approval in February 2021 to build 205 senior living units within a 12-story facility. The new Bridgewood community in the city’s Green Hills neighborhood will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care residences and will be located close to the neighborhoods of Belle Meade, Forest Hills and Hillwood. The purchase price of the land was not disclosed. ESa is the project architect of the unnamed community, and Catalyst Design Group will provide civil engineer services. The project’s construction timeline was not disclosed.
ALAMEDA, CALIF. — NorthMarq has arranged $166 million in joint venture equity and construction financing for The Launch, a 368-unit waterfront apartment community in Alameda. The Launch will be located at 1777 Clement Ave. at the northern edge of Alameda Island along the Oakland Estuary. The property is located 16 miles from San Francisco and 39 miles from San Jose. The project will feature a mix of market-rate, below-market-rate and work-live units along with an onsite leasing office. Amenities will include four interior courtyards with a pool, spa, dog runs, barbecue area, fire pits, lounge seating, rooftop decks, a fitness room and a club room. The Launch will have 416 off-street parking spots provided for residents, along with bike parking. The building offers a street-level connection from Clement to the Bay Trail and other marina amenities through a double-height, 20-foot-wide pedestrian corridor. John Kerslake, Briana Harney and Griff Whitlock of NorthMarq secured the debt and joint venture equity for the development of The Launch. The financing package totaled $166 million, of which $62 million is joint venture equity and $104 million is construction financing. Bay West Group/Pacific Development and the investor, an institutional real estate manager, formed a joint venture …
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Webinar: Everything You Need to Know About the Single-Family Rental & Build-For-Rent Market
On Apr. 7, France Media hosted the “Everything You Need to Know About the Single-Family Rental & Build-For-Rent Market” webinar, sponsored by Walker & Dunlop. The single-family rental (SFR) and build-for-rent (BFR) space has generated excitement throughout the commercial real estate world. This webinar brings together five expert panelists to answer the most pressing questions for this asset class: what to know about SFR and BFR verticals, issues and trends within the space, the sudden influx of institutional capital and where things might go from here. Click to hear more. See a list of some topics covered below: SFR and BFR markets definitions/size Factors driving growth (including changing demographic trends, COVID-19), occupancy levels and the most active markets SFR/BFR rental rates and the pipeline of new supply in the asset class Institutional capital/availability of financing/investment market layout for the SFR/BFR space Overview on managing and maintaining SFR/BFR products and portfolios Panelists: David Howard, National Rental Home Council (moderator) Keaton Merrell, Walker & Dunlop Mark Peterson, SVN | SFRhub Advisors Don Walker, John Burns Consulting Jon Ellenzweig, Tricon Residential Webinar sponsor: Walker & Dunlop strives to be the premier commercial real estate finance company in the country by providing financing solutions and investment sales to owners of …
NEW CANEY, TEXAS — Locally based developer Signorelli Co. has revealed updated site plans for the Valley Ranch Medical District, a 200-acre campus within the firm’s Valley Ranch master-planned community located northeast of Houston in New Caney. Valley Ranch Medical District will consist of a 25-acre regional hospital with over 250 beds, a 13.7-acre medical school campus and a 21-acre medical research facility. A day surgery, pediatric clinic and approximately 28 acres devoted to medical offices will be included as well. The development will also include retail, restaurants and academic buildings. The detention and drainage for the entire development is scheduled to be complete in the next 120 days with site work for streets and utilities to follow immediately.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between Austin-based Pearlstone Properties and New York-based ATCO Properties & Management will develop Vesper, a 284-unit multifamily project that will be located in Austin’s historic Rainey Street District. The 41-story building will offer an average unit size of 975 square feet, with 10 units being reserved for households earning up to 80 percent of the area median income. Amenities will include a rooftop clubhouse, pool, outdoor kitchen, fitness center, dog park and coworking space. STG Design is the project architect, and McCray & Co. is the interior designer. Wuest Group is the civil engineer, and AECOM Hunt is the general contractor. Construction is expected to begin over the summer and to be complete in the first quarter of 2024.
DALLAS — CA Industrial, a subsidiary of Chicago-based development and investment firm CA Ventures, will build a 200,000-square-foot logistics and last-mile delivery facility in the Great Southwest submarket of Dallas. The project, which will be branded 2700 Avenue K, will feature 36-foot clear heights, 33 dock doors, 190-foot truck court depths and abundant trailer parking. Construction is expected to begin this summer and to be complete in the second half of 2022. Stream Realty Partners represented CA Industrial in its acquisition of the land and will also handle leasing of the facility upon completion.